without further comment.<\/p>\n
There is sorrow enough in the natural way
\nFrom men and women to fill our day;
\nBut when we are certain of sorrow in store,
\nWhy do we always arrange for more?
\nBrothers and sisters I bid you beware
\nOf giving your heart to a dog to tear.<\/p>\n
Buy a pup and your money will buy
\nLove unflinching that cannot lie–
\nPerfect passion and worship fed
\nBy a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head.
\nNevertheless it is hardly fair
\nTo risk your heart for a dog to tear.<\/p>\n
When the fourteen years that nature permits
\nAre closing in asthma or tumors or fits
\nAnd the vet’s unspoken prescription runs
\nTo lethal chambers, or loaded guns.
\nThen you will find–its your own affair
\nBut–you’ve given your heart to a dog to tear.<\/p>\n
When the body that lived at your single will
\nWhen the whimper of welcome is stilled (how still!)
\nWhen the spirit that answered your every mood
\nIs gone–wherever it goes–for good,
\nYou still discover how much you care
\nAnd will give your heart to a dog to tear.<\/p>\n
We’ve sorrow enough in the natural way
\nWhen it comes to burying Christian clay.
\nOur loves are not given, but only lent,
\nAt compound interest of cent per cent.
\nThough it is not always the case, I believe,
\nThat the longer we’ve kept ’em the more do we grieve;
\nFor when debts are payable, right or wrong,
\nA short time loan is as bad as a long–
\nSo why in Heaven (before we are there)
\nShould we give our hearts to a dog to tear?<\/p>\n
Rudyard Kipling. <\/p>\n
The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man’s.
\n– Letter to W. D. Howells, April 2, 1899 <\/p>\n
Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.
\n– Mark Twain, a Biography <\/p>\n
Godspeed, my furry little friend. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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